Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-10-13

sonnets, very finished productions, al.
so appeared, by sOme critics, TO have
$50 the light about this time.
is contended by some that Shsks-
pere WAS CONNECTED, either as assist
ant or partner, with an able bookseller
and publisher oi the day; that ne fre-
quented cOflee-huuses; that in the
booksellers .hop, during the Intervals
OF business, lie had access to books
which enabled him 10 study; and that
in the coffee-houses, whicn were also
freque ted by some OF the wits and
men OF the world of the day; he ao-
quired his extraordinary knowledge
Of men aud things.
III this training for genius were so
eihcacious in his case why has ii not
since been found 10 be 30? Why Is
not now the culture Of our young gen.
fuses effected by giving them the use
vi limited library and the society OF
club? What need OF schools and
universities, studies and lecture
rooms, daylight sbstinences and mid.
night oil, II all that innate cleverness
needs Tor its most successful deyelop-
nent Is access 10 certain book, varied
bv intermittent conversations with
clever men, in th .ir intervals OF relax.
alton at club?
shakspere gradually rose in his pro-
fessi0n Of All actor, but never acquired
eminence ia IL. He acted iu Hamlet"
mot the part of Hamlet. but the
Ghost. He is described at thin lime
by an unfortunate dramatist named
Robert Greene, who seemed tolaItrib-
ute his own failure 10 the successful
rivalry Of the new author rs being ln
'upsiart crow. besutified with our
feathers, that with his tigers heart
wrapt IN q players hide supposes hs
10 - We'll able TO bOmbast out a blank
verse as the best Of you, and being an
absolute johannes factolum, il in his
own concelt the only Shake-scene in u
cOuntrie.n
In 1869 be is living in Southwark.
In 1895 he has risen ~ be u sharehol-
der aud manager Of the Globe and
Blackfriars Theatres, and is rich
ensugh 10 buy New Place at Strstford.
We hear " bin lending money, and
sctlng and visiting stratford once
year.
In 1899 he obtains grant OF coat
of.arms from Heralds' College; buys
uOre land at Stratford.
In 1901 his father, who had failed
In busintss, dies.
In l602-5 he is in flourishing con-
dition; still manager Of the Globe, in
which he is one of the largest share
holders. Heacts before tue court; buys
more land at Startford.
In l6O6.S We hear OF him as plaintiff
in small actions against his fellow
towDsmen at Stratford for recovery OF
small loans. or malt delivered.
In the period from 1898 TO 1909 the
wonderful Plays appear, one OF two,or
more, year. The earliest plays are
supposed by some critics to have sp.
peared in 1855, about The same time
that Shakspere left Stratford. ssIn 1910,
when he is In the prime of life, at for
ty-seven, he retires to StratfUrd-on-
Avon, and betakes himself-to study
aud literature? no;-resumes his old
calling rs wooIstapler.
The Shskespere Plays now cease TO
appear, aud This just. at the time one
would have thought that Will Shake
spere bad acquired the learning aud
leisure to write with increased zest.
In 1911 he appears as a party TO q
lawsuit at Strstford with a neighbor.
On April 23rd, 1916, SHAKESPEARE died
at Strsttord-on-Avon. In the diary OF
Mr.. Ward. Vicar Of Strstford. occurs
this entry: "Sbakespere, Drsyton
and Ben Jonson drank TO hard, for
died ofa fever thus con-
have omitted reference 70 a num-
Der OF traditional anecdotes, all of
more or less disreputable character. MS
they may not be true; they are, how
ever, based on the same traditional
evidence as the rest.
The death of the reputed author Of
The Plays attracted no contemporary
attention.
Such is the character, career and
exit of the man who, We are asked TO
believe. was the author OF the Plays
which are phenomenon, not only in
English letters, but In human expert
ence aud the like Of which the htera-
ture OF no other country has produced.
An authors inner life is usually
in his writings. Is there
life and character of the individual
having been such a misfit with the
works be Is credited rs having pro-
duced? think not.
/ have always felt q difficulty,
to an inability to bring my
nina TO believe that, except by inspi-
ration OF miracle, q man OF Shake
spere's education, snteceDdents and
associations could have written any Of
them, but least OF all Macbeth
Hamlet and Lear"
The plays sonpets and poems, when
printed In one volume, occupy up
ward OF 1000 very closely printed
pages, containing 200 lines on each
page.
The contents show not merely that
the writer was cultivated man with
wide, yet on the whole aristocratic
sympsthies, and knowledge Of char.
aoter, especially In the higher walks
of life. 90 that he could nIoet readily
represent the discourses and manner
of speech, not Of butchers, woolstap-
lers and farmers, village politicians
aud the like, but Of kings, queens, no.
bles, courtiers, and statesmen; and
also that be had an intimate acqusipt.
ance with Latin and Greek classical
authors, history, state politics, the art
Of wsr, natural philosophy, chemistry,
horticulture, law, medicine, the
theory OF music; 30 much So tns'
he was able, as Il were, 20 play WIN
his knowledge OF these latter sutJecu,
turning metaphors upon them by Use
OF words and phrases relating to them
which were unknown to the ordinary